Bladder Up (Pumpkin Seed Oil, 1000 mg)

The pumpkin seed has been eaten deliberately, not incidentally, for a very long time. Central European and Balkan traditions in particular treated the seed and its dark green oil as a food with a purpose, and the naked-seeded Styrian pumpkin was cultivated specifically for pressing. What they were after, without having the vocabulary for it, was the seed's unusual lipid profile.

Pumpkin seed oil is a rich source of essential fatty acids, trace minerals, and vitamins A, B, and E. It also carries naturally occurring phytosterols — plant compounds structurally similar to cholesterol, which is precisely why they interact with human sterol biochemistry. Phytosterols are the constituents most often cited in research on pumpkin seed oil and normal bladder and lower urinary tract function.

The oil is pressed at low temperature rather than heat- or solvent-extracted. Heat is convenient and cheap, and it degrades exactly the delicate unsaturated fats and sterols you are buying the oil for. Low-temperature pressing preserves them.

Each softgel supplies 1000 mg of pumpkin seed oil, used to support normal bladder function.

90 softgels.

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